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Gigoutella

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Palaeolenidae

Taxonomy
Gigoutella was named by Hupe (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto]. It is not extant. Its type is Gigoutella atlasensis.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeolenidae by Jell and Adrain (2002), El Albani et al. (2024).

Species
G. atlasensis (type species), G. mauretanica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Gigoutella Hupe
2002Gigoutella Jell and Adrain p. 475
2002Gigoutella Sepkoski
2024Gigoutella El Albani et al. p. S13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyPalaeolenidaeHupé 1953
genusGigoutellaHupe 1953

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Gigoutella Hupe 1953
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Gigoutella atlasensis Hupé 1953
Gigoutella mauretanica Ortega-Hernández et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-03 03:15:57
Modified: 2010-01-03 05:15:57
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Stage 4 or 514.50000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stage 4514.5 - 506.5Morocco Xandarella mauretanica (235700)